War and Remembrance (1988) s01e09 Episode Script

Part IX - 5.16.1944 - 6.10.1944

Marsch!
Los!
Halt!
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Halt! Halt!
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Halt! Halt!
No!
Halt!
The count!
The count is wrong!
The count is wrong, you understand?
Can't you count?
Can't you count?
The c-count--count
is wrong!
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
What's the matter with you all?
Are you all idiots and morons?
Halt!
halt!
Halt.
All right.
Everyone with exemptions
will pick up their luggage
and return to their quarters.
The rest of you
will remain here.
Natalie Henry.
Louis Henry.
I'll take the luggage.
No. Just take Louis.
He's exhausted.
And, Aaron
For god's sakes, get
in touch with Berel.
Operation Overlord
the cross-channel invasion of France
is set for June 5, 1944.
in preparation,
the U.S. Has shipped
to the British isles
a staggering 1 1/2 million servicemen
and 5 million tons
of invasion supplies and equipment,
some 320,000 different kinds of items,
from guns and ammunition
to cigarettes and chewing gum.
And stacked high in a corner
of a camp in Dorchester
uncounted coffins.
in General Eisenhower's words,
England has been transformed
into the greatest
operating military base
of all time.
and in the words of their English hosts,
The American GI
is overpaid,
oversexed,
and over here.
no pretty little girls to deceive me
I'm happy as a lark, believe me
as we go rollin', rollin' home
rollin' home
whoo! Hey! Woo-woo! Hey!
Rollin' home, get drunk
rollin' home, get drunk
by the light of the silvery moon
happy is the day
when a soldier gets his pay
and we go rollin', rollin' home
Pam!
Leslie!
Leslie!
Aw, Leslie.
What are you doing here?
Hooray! Hey! Hooray!
All right. Go on.
I'll meet you. Go on.
What are you doing here?
I've come to see you.
Me? How?
You're with the Jedburgh.
How did you learn that?
I'm with the air ministry
that's dropping you.
Your name's on the schedule.
Well, is it lady Berne-Wilke yet?
No. He's recuperating from an air crash.
I'm headed to the hospital.
Got time for a drink?
No, I'm afraid not.
Do you have a few minutes?
Yes, l have.
lt's wonderful to see an old face.
Not that your face is old.
Well, l was having very
shaky second thoughts
about volunteering for the Jedburghs.
Told the board, the reviewing board,
straight out that l was
a high-strung coward.
They didn't know quite
what to make of that.
Asked me why did l put in for the duty.
So, l, uh
Gave them my song and
dance about the Jews.
And they packed me
off to a psychiatrist.
And for some reason, they passed me.
Must be damned hard up for Jeds.
For heaven's sake, Leslie,
stop being so hard on yourself.
Tell me something.
You seeing much of
Admiral Henry these days?
Admiral? What on earth
are you talking about?
lt's Rear Admiral now.
Made a blaze with a parade,
battle ribbons, and stars.
He was at our embassy.
Here?
in England?
Yeah.
Really.
Has he been here long?
Why don't you ask him yourself?
Try the U.S. Amphibious base at Exeter.
That's where he said he was going.
Walk me to my car.
lt's a million years
since Paris, isn't it?
Oh, you know,
l did some drinking last month
with Phil Rule in London.
He'd gotten utterly gross,
falling down drunk.
Yeah, l know. That's sad.
Victor wrote that Natalie's
waiting out the war
in a Czech ghetto.
Yeah.
We've all gone a long way.
But at least we had Paris.
We were young and happy and full of fun.
Were we?
l think we worked awfully hard
at being Ernest Hemingway characters,
altogether too rash and ravishing mad.
l prefer my memories.
Till we meet again.
Good luck with your mission, Leslie.
l do very much admire you.
Admiral, phone call.
A Pamela Tudsbury.
Where may l take it?
in my office, Henry.
Thank you.
l had a time tracking you down.
Might you be in London Thursday?
Yes, l will.
Come have dinner with us.
Duncan and me at Stoneford.
lt's 30 minutes from town.
How do l get there?
Get to the Bushey Park depot.
I'll pick you up at
4:00, and we'll talk.
Duncan sleeps from 4:00
to 6:00. Doctor's orders.
How is he?
A bit poorly.
Others will be at dinner,
including General Eisenhower.
Telegraph cottage, his
country place, is nearby.
Exalted company for me, Pamela.
l don't think so, Admiral Henry.
That's two stars and only temporary.
Oh, Leigh-Mallory will be there, too.
Eisenhower's air force commander.
Well, I'm sure you're very busy.
I'll see you Thursday at 4:00.
Alright.
Goodbye.
As the sltuatlon on the
Russlan front deterlorates
and the Allled lnvaslon in
the west appears lmmlnent,
the consplracy to overthrow Adolf Hltler
takes on a desperate urgency.
On hls way to a most lmportant meetlng
ls Count Claus Sheen von Stauffenberg.
Recently severely
wounded in north Afrlca,
Stauffenberg has lost two
flngers of hls left hand,
hls rlght hand at the wrlst,
and hls left eye.
Ah, Stauffenberg, come in.
Am l very late?
No. l have news.
Lieutenant General Hans Speidel,
Field Marshall Rommel's Chief of Staff.
lt was he who's called this meeting.
Retired Lieutenant
General Ludwig von Beck,
former Army Chief of Staff,
longtime leader of the plot.
Dr. Karl Goodlier,
mayor of Leipzig,
longtime conspirator.
Dr. Hans Gisevius,
renegade Gestapo bureaucrat.
He has been involved in
all plots against Hitler
from the beginning.
Halder, you've heard that
Hitler has fired Manstein?
Oh, yes. I'm in good company.
And it keeps getting better.
And your news?
Rommel will stand with us.
Are you absolutely sure?
No more hedging?
His exact words were
''lt's my duty to come to
the rescue of my country.''
when it happens,
you'll be right there
in his headquarters
to keep him in the picture.
When what happens?
l too have news.
General Fromm has requested me
as Chief of Staff of the home army.
The home army.
lt's riddled with our people.
And has standing orders
to take over the
country in an emergency.
One code
word--Valkyrie.
But the Valkyrie emergencies
are strictly defined
an uprising of foreign
workers, a mutiny.
We'll create the emergency
By killing Hitler.
Where's your access to Hitler?
General Fromm's Chief of Staff
reports to Hitler on home
army readiness and rosters.
Hitler uses home army units
as reserve formations.
I'll see him once or twice a week.
How will you do it?
With a bomb.
A bomb with an acid time fuse.
All l have to do is crushes the fuse
to start the acid down to the explosive.
And you can manipulate such a device
under pressure
with only three fingers?
Yes. l can.
I'll kill him,
and I'll fly back here
to direct the coup d'etat.
A plane will be arranged.
I'll pick my occasion
when all three are present
Hitler, Goering, and Himmler.
Your chances of killing
all three of them
are nonexistent.
Maybe you will kill Hitler.
But assuming that you do,
that will only be an excuse for Himmler
to murder all of us.
You are against it.
Why are you at this meeting?
To prevent madness.
The German people
are still fanatically behind him.
So is most of the army.
At best,
you can only succeed in making him
the martyred Napoleon of Germany.
And we
we shall be the ones
who stabbed him in the back.
lt is all too late.
Let the enemy prevail.
Let them hang the scoundrel.
All right.
You've heard Haler's view.
You've been in this as long as he has.
How do you stand?
l have always preferred arrest.
But if there is no other way
Kill him.
Kill him.
Kill him.
Rommel wants him arrested.
He's against killing him.
You're not Rommel.
I'm asking you.
Kill him.
All right, Haler.
Are you with us?
Yes.
l am with you.
Kill him.
lt is decided.
You look smashing, Admiral.
Well, the big gold stripe helps.
Actually, you look
a bit war-worn--
so American, they should
carve you on Mount Rushmore.
You think so, Pam?
You look pretty good yourself.
l felt like being out of uniform.
How long will you be here?
I'm flying back tomorrow night.
So soon.
Overnight in Washington,
then on to the Pacific.
So, tell me about Duncan.
He's not doing too well, I'm afraid.
Some sort of tropical infection
got into his blood stream.
Well, there's some
good news in my family.
Madeline married that
young naval officer.
Wonderful.
Pleasantest turnaround in my life.
They're in new Mexico.
Byron got his bronze star.
By all accounts, he's
an excellent submariner.
Janice is in law school.
There's even some hope about Natalie.
The Red Cross is sending
a neutral delegation
to her camp soon,
so maybe we will get some word from her.
lf the Germans allow the Red Cross in,
the camp can't be too bad.
And Rhoda?
Rhoda's in Reno getting her divorce.
She actually went through with it?
She actually went through with it.
Well, tell me about your promotion.
lt came from Admiral King,
face to face,
right after the President
ordered me on this mission.
The Admiral even threw
in a battleship division.
A battleship division?
Yeah.
That's absolutely marvelous. A division.
He said it was my reward for good work.
He said l could fight
a division if l had to.
There's two ships, Pam,
two of our best
the lowa and the New Jersey
what's the matter?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Oh, Victor.
lt's the best thing for my career.
A monumental surprise.
Of course that's a
carrier war out there.
The battle wagons bombard the beaches.
I'll probably just, uh,
ride around in fancy flag quarters
till the end of the war,
initialing documents
and looking pompous.
lt's terrific.
lt's absolutely, utterly,
bloody flaming terrific.
l agree.
lt's ok.
lnteresting, Henry,
you were in Leningrad.
l wasn't aware we got in.
Haven't seen any intelligence on it.
Technically, l was a
lend-lease observer,
but l sent a supplement
on combat aspects to O.N.l.
Kay, make sure you get that stuff
from naval intelligence for me tomorrow.
Yes, General.
Henry, you know the Russians.
Once we go, will they
attack in the east?
Harriman's assured me the attack is on,
but there's plenty of
skepticism around here.
They'll go, Sir. That's my guess.
The Russians are
politically unpredictable.
They don't see the world as we do.
That may never change.
Still, uh,
l think they'll honor
this military commitment.
Why do you say that Henry?
Self interest, of course.
l agree, Henry.
Hit the other fellow
when his hands are full.
They're bound to go.
Also, the sense of honor.
That they do have.
Well, if they've got that
much in common with us,
eventually, we'll get along with them.
We'll build on that.
l wonder, General.
We have trouble getting along,
and we have a common language.
lt only seems we do.
Mrs. Summersby, l drink
to that and to you.
This way.
See you later.
We'll serve brandy and
coffee in the library.
They'll be talking for ages.
l've lots to do at
the general's cottage.
You'll forgive me if
l just pop over there.
Of course.
See you later.
No doubt, you deeply
disapprove of Kay Summersby,
or do you bend your rules for great men?
All l know about her
is what meets the eye.
l know them both.
I'm sure that's all there is to it.
Charles, leave that there.
Pity you couldn't be more broad-minded
about your wife.
l tried to stick it out, Pamela.
You know that.
Rhoda chose differently.
You froze her.
Will she be happy with
her fellow, though?
l don't know.
l've met him a couple times,
talked to him.
He didn't act happy.
At this point,
l think he's doing the honorable thing.
Poor Rhoda.
lsn't that the dress
you wore that night at the savoy?
I'm surprised you remember.
How could l forget?
Why didn't you answer my letter?
Just a word, any word.
Why did l discover by chance
you were in England?
Do you hate me that much?
l wrote the gallant goodbye letter,
l wrote the refusal
to take no for an answer letter.
l wrote lots of letters.
l tore them all up.
l don't believe in begging
a woman to change her mind.
l doubt begging does any good.
Besides, I'm not very good at it.
All right, Pamela.
What's it all about?
Your letter was horribly mistimed.
l've been wretched since l wrote to you.
When Slote said you were here,
it was the biggest shock in my life.
Seeing you is incredibly,
incredibly sweet.
l told you in Moscow.
I'll tell you again.
l love you, not Duncan.
l've said it. Now talk.
Well, speak up.
Will you have me or not?
l tell you what, Pamela.
I'll think about it.
Ohh!
Careful!
You're shaking mount Rushmore.
I'll shake it down,
that damn stuffy Yankee monument.
What is this?
A little while ago, you turned me down.
What's changed?
Rhoda's gone.
l never really thought it would happen.
Now it has.
And here we are together,
not separated by the whole planet.
I'm so happy.
I'll have to hurt Duncan.
lt can't be helped.
lt's my life.
Amazing.
Old Rhoda said that all you
needed was a little wooing.
She said that?
Wise woman.
But l've never gotten
it and never would.
Lucky I'm a forward slut.
Pamela, look.
That war in the Pacific
may take a long time.
The Japs are still raising hell.
lf it comes to a fleet action,
I'll probably be in it,
and l may wind up losing.
So?
What are you saying?
That l'd be prudent to
keep Duncan on a string?
I'm saying you don't
have to make up your mind.
God knows l love you
and want you,
but remember what you said in Moscow.
Remind me.
that these rare meetings of ours
generate an illusion of romance,
a wartime thing without substance.
I'll gamble the rest
of my life it's a lie.
I'll have to tell Duncan right away.
He won't be surprised.
Hurt, yes,
andoh, how l dread it.
they weren't long, were they?
We haven't arranged anything.
Call me at the air ministry at 8:00.
Now, for god's sake, kiss me.
As Operatlon Overlord
contlnues to bulld momentum,
Adolf Hltler lays plans
to counter the comlng assault
on hls "lmpregnable" Atlantlc wall.
Lleutenant Werner von Haeften,
alde to Stauffenberg,
and partner in the consplracy
to assasslnate the Fuhrer.
Hitler will be there in a few minutes.
Only Himmler isn't coming.
But Rommel's is here.
Yes.
l know.
What will you do?
Are all the preparations in place?
The plane's waiting at Salzburg.
General Fromm's in Berlin
ready to trigger Valkyrie
once we flash the word.
The bomb.
You brought along a change of shirt.
lf Rommel's leaves the meeting,
I'll trigger it.
in the room?
in the room.
Just give me 5 minutes
after you see him go
before you have me called.
By giving up Rome, Fuhrer,
we can make a much
stronger line to the north.
He who holds Rome,
in the eyes of the world, holds ltaly.
l will never give up Rome.
Never!
Absolutely right, Mein Fuhrer.
The channel invasion map.
Ya.
They will land
Here.
Normandy?
lt's 3 times as far
as the Pais de Calais.
That's why it will be
a diversionary force.
Their main attack will come here
Pais de Calais,
the short route across the channel,
and then into the Ruhr.
We'll keep an eye on Normandy,
but this is where we will squash them.
Piles of dead Americans
stinking up the French coast.
That can be the finisher
to that crazy cripple, Roosevelt.
He'll lose the election,
and with luck, end up in jail somewhere,
or perhaps some patriot will shoot him.
Then you agree, Mein Fuhrer,
that the place to oppose the invasion
is right at the beaches.
Rundstedt disagrees.
lt's a question of how
we deploy the panzers.
l intend to hold them
on a strong defense line inland
until the invasion main body is ashore,
then bag the lot and slaughter them.
But once they are ashore,
with total air superiority
just a minute!
My Luftwaffe will rise
to do battle.
There's merit in both your views.
lt depends on the situation at the time.
Therefore, l shall take
operational control of the panzers.
Well, l have very urgent business
to attend to in Cherbourg.
How are the divisions in Hungary?
2 divisions are leaving
tonight for ltaly.
Good. With those 2
and 2 or more from the home front,
2 or more blocking divisions
from the home front,
we will stop their
entry into Rome forever!
Let the Anglo-Saxons
bleed themselves to death
trying to break through.
What about the home army report?
Stauffenberg!
Never mind.
l have no time now.
l have lunch guests.
Read it and give me a
summary after my nap.
Stauffenberg.
Come to my office.
Well Oberst?
Yes. lmmediately, Herr Marshal.
June 4, 1943.
D-day mlnus one.
in Elsenhower's own words,
the mlghty expedltlon is tense
as a great human sprlng,
colled for the moment
when lts energy wlll be released,
and lt wlll vault the Engllsh channel
in the greatest amphlblous assault
ever attempted.
That channel weather's
very changeable, General.
General Dwlght D. Elsenhower
needs a mlnlmum 23-hours lead tlme
to launch or postpone
operatlon "Overlord".
Although he wlll consult
wlth hls supreme headquarters staff,
the declslon wlll be hls alone.
The wind in the channel
is west, southwest,
force 5-6.
Chlef meteorologlst of Overlord,
Group Captaln J.M. Stagg.
To sum up,
this huge storm system,
developing near lceland,
will produce low cloud, high wind,
and formidable wave action
at the invasion sites.
Chlef Alr Marshal Slr Arthur Tedder,
Elsenhower's Alr Chlef for "Overlord".
Conditions for close air support?
Cloud cover may be down
to 200 feet all day.
lmpossible.
Admiral?
Admlral Slr Bertram Home Ramsey,
Commander-ln-Chlef
of the
Allled naval expedltlonary force.
l could, perhaps, land your forces,
but l can't speak for
accurate gunfire support.
lf you can land me,
l'll go.
General Slr Bernard Law Montgomery,
Ground Commander, Allled armles.
Large units are already at sea.
Further delay would prove horrendous.
lt would prove horrendous the other way.
Without that naval
gun cover and --
General Omar Bradley,
Commander U.S. Flrst Army Group.
We have two more days
of the right moon and tide.
But no guarantee of better weather.
None, Sir.
Thereafter a delay of weeks.
A stand down now for the troops
would be catastrophic to morale.
And to secrecy.
We all know Rommel is
hardening up Normandy
like fury day by day.
Lleutenant General Walter Bedell Smlth,
Elsenhowers Chlef of Staff.
Precisely why all those troops
in the first wave
need all the air and naval gun support
that we can give them.
Postponed for 24 hours.
l shall turn back at once
formations on the lrish sea.
General Eisenhower's quarters.
God, the General just laid down.
Ah, Mr. Prime Minister,
he's got you started.
Good.
General.
Don't get up.
A little light reading?
Puts me to sleep, or helps.
You should try whiskey like me.
Much better for you.
l've always taken more out of whiskey
than whiskey's taken out of me.
So
The supreme climax comes.
Africa's cleared.
lndia's been saved.
Battered Japan recoils.
Stalin's driven the
German from his country.
We've taken Rome.
We're masters of the sea and air
for our immense amphibious enterprise.
The monster Hitler's doomed.
Not just yet.
The operation hangs
on the thread of 5 divisions
hitting the beach against Rommel's
and the toughest soldiers on earth.
Hitler has as many as 50 divisions
ready to strike the west,
10 of them panzers.
The Germans have had 4 years
to fortify that coast.
Mine it, booby-trap it.
They're masters of that.
lt's a terrific gamble,
Mr. Prime minister.
lf those 5 divisions are
crushed on the first day,
it's all over.
And it can go either way.
l'm in this with you until the end, lke.
And if it fails,
we go down together.
Get some rest.
The conditions we predicted
for the coast of France
are raging over there today.
lf we'd gone,
we'd be having a major
disaster right now.
You said there's been a development.
Yes.
An almost freak occurrence.
An unforeseen break has shown up
moving eastward.
lt'll be over the channel tomorrow
giving relatively good weather.
For how long?
About 36 hours.
The long-term prediction.
Still not good.
Storm systems, clear to Canada,
coming our way for the next 3 weeks.
Group Captain.
Tomorrow at 6:30 a.m.
When we start landing,
what will the weather
actually be at the coast?
To answer that, General,
would make me a guesser,
not a meteorologist.
With 36 hours of endurable weather,
we can land the troops
and hold the beachhead
by a whisker.
lf you landed the
first of several waves,
and then the weather halts the buildup,
they'll be easy meat for the Germans.
l know that.
l don't like it.
The consequences of delay
justify great risk.
Ok, we go.
June 5, 1943
Dawn.
Wlth the supreme commander's order,
175,000 men of the flrst wave
and more than 5,000 shlps
of every descrlptlon
were put out to sea.
lt ls the greatest lnvaslon fleet
ever to sall the oceans of the world.
Weather report, Field Marshal.
An invasion is out of the question.
Yes.
Certainly through next week.
That would take us to the 15th.
We can still do a lot of
mine laying off Normandy.
Excellent.
Get me Runstedt.
Rundstedt,
you have received the invasion forecast?
l have.
With your permission, l'll drive home
and spend my wife's
birthday with the family.
l have an appointment
with the Fuhrer tomorrow.
You still want to deploy
panzers at the beaches?
No matter how we deploy them,
we've got to get them from his control.
600 miles from here in Obersalzburg.
That's crazy.
lndeed.
l agree with you 100 percent.
Well, good luck with the Fuhrer.
Tell your wife for me,
happy birthday.
l'll do that. Thank you.
4:48 p.m.
General Eisenhower visits the troops
of the 101st airborne.
This is a wonderful thing
you're doing, General.
Leigh-Mallory's
predicting 50Âº/% casualties
for the 101st airborne.
50Âº/%.
He wanted to cancel the drop.
Sort of a gloomy gus,
the Air Chief Marshal.
l hope you're right.
ln order for the landing to succeed,
the 101st must secure those causeways.
General Eisenhower.
lke?
Excuse me, Sir.
Go right ahead, Sir.
As H-hour approaches,
the offlce of strateglc servlces
prepares to drop
Jedburgh team "Maurlce,"
the last of more than 90 3-man squads,
behlnd enemy llnes.
Thelr mlsslon,
organlze local reslstance
to confuse and harass
the German defenders.
We're ready. 30 seconds.
Ok, Mr. Slote.
Your team's going.
Ok.
Go!
Go!
Go!
Parachutiste American!
Welcome to France.
Marquis?
Of course, marquis.
l am Claude Gallieni of chantilly.
Am l ever glad to see you,
all of you.
Bon soir.
Bon soir.
Bon soir.
Let's get out of here.
General.
Yeah?
and Orne?
Yes, General.
Those are the reports.
And more coming in.
Get me Rommel.
Yes?
Yes, Spiedel.
Airborne troops?
Parachutists or gliders?
ln what force?
Where?
Any naval activity?
What's the weather like?
What are you sending to oppose them?
Good. Good.
Call me with any more news,
but l'm on my way.
ls it the invasion?
Most unlikely.
Normandy.
An airborne diversion.
Still, this Eisenhower
He's not a gambler.
This weather
lt is a surprise.
Maybe he's putting his head in a noose.
Well, Lu
We've had your birthday together.
The loveliest of my life.
Harry, this recording
isn't for broadcast
until we have the landing
confirmed by Eisenhower.
That's right, Sir.
You know, l've been thinking, boss.
You took office in '33.
So did Hitler.
Now, 1 1 1/2 years later,
you meet head on at the Normandy coast.
lt almost seems like destiny.
l believe in destiny.
Also in getting on with the thing.
We're ready, Mr. President.
My fellow Americans
What are you writing, General?
lt's another draft of
the landings announcement?
Not exactly.
An alternate draft.
Our landings in the
Cherbourg-Havre area
have failed to gain a
satisfactory foothold
and l have withdrawn the troops.
lf any blame or fault
attaches to the attempt,
it is mine alone.
Just in case.
l don't want any mistakes about blame.
About who gave the orders.
You'll never use it.
Yes?
Yes!
Yes, Admiral.
Ramsay.
Good.
That's very good news, indeed.
Yes.
God yes, put him through!
General, it's Leigh-Mallory.
Admiral, let me call you back.
The Air Chief Marshal's
on the other line.
Eisenhower here.
Thank God.
The 101st.
Leigh-Mallory,
Ramsey's reporting naval
bombardment has begun.
The first wave's ready to launch.
Not one vessel was lost in the crossing.
Not one.
Leigh-Mallory,
congratulations on your
splendid air operations.
Kay
My greatest moment in this war
maybe my life
just happened
when Leigh-Mallory said,
the 101st has gone into action,
and fewer casualties than expected.
My fellow Amerlcans,
last nlght when l spoke wlth you
about the fall of Rome,
l knew that troops of the Unlted States
and our Allles
were crosslng the channel
ln another and greater operatlon.
lt has come to pass to success thus far.
And so l ask you
to joln wlth me ln prayer.
Almlghty god,
our sons,
prlde of our natlon,
thls day have set upon a mlghty endeavor
to set free a sufferlng humanlty.
They flght, not for
the lust of conquest.
They flght to end conquest.
They yearn but for the end of battle,
for the return to the haven of home.
Lead them stralght and true.
Glve strength to thelr arms,
stoutness to thelr hearts,
steadfastness to thelr falth.
They wlll need thy blesslngs.
Thelr road wlll be hard and long
for the enemy ls strong.
He may hurl back our forces.
Some may never return.
Embrace these, father,
and recelve them lnto thy klngdom.
Success may not come wlth rushlng speed,
but we shall return agaln and agaln.
Glve us falth, lndeed
falth ln our sons,
falth ln one another.
Falth ln our unlted crusade.
And wlth thy blesslng,
we shall prevall
over the unholy forces
of our enemy.
l won't wake the Fuhrer.
He was up very late.
Then at least release
the 4 panzer division
either to Rundstedt or to Rommel's.
Look,
the Fuhrer has reserved
control of the panzers.
lt is he who will release them.
Anyway, this looks like a diversion.
Sucking the panzers into Normandy
may be just what the enemy is after.
One must respond to massive landings
airborne troops, thousands of ships!
Thousands, ha.
Panicky rumors started
in beach pillboxes.
Totally unconfirmed.
We'll continue this at Klessheim castle.
Klessheim castle.
The British and Americans
are pouring ashore,
and we are going to take a luncheon
with the Hungarians?
Take a sedative, Roon, and come along.
Everything is under supreme control.
And my secret weapons
are already on the launching sites.
Oh yes,
unspeakable terror
will soon rain down upon England.
Excellent.
Yes.
Well,
here we are, eh?
Now we've got them
where we can hit them.
They're against a curtain
of steel and fire.
We're squashing them into the ground.
Splendid Mein Fuhrer. Splendid.
Mein Fuhrer,
we have been in touch
with von Rundstedt.
Rundstedt is requesting release
of the Normandy panzers
to his operational control.
What for? lt's all a fake, this landing.
We're ready when they
make their main attack
against the Pais de Calais,
then my panzers will get to work
and Slaughter them.
Mein Fuhrer, you astound the world
with your Napoleonic flair.
What about a little lunch?
lt is only l who am
confined to vegetables.
Jodl!
This is madness, Jodl.
One of us must fly to
the front at Normandy,
see for ourselves, and
make the Fuhrer respond.
General staff are forbidden to fly.
But he's in a very good mood.
Ask his permission.
l shall.
Don't worry.
Though l am sure you are overreacting.
l didn't talk to the Fuhrer until 3:00.
3:00 this afternoon?
After lunch, he took a nap.
When he woke up,
he finally released 2 panzer divisions.
2 only 2
that is totally inadequate.
lnadequate?
Do you know what has happened
since you left
Berchtesgaden this afternoon?
The allies have driven
past the beaches at 4 locations
at Arromanches,
here and here at Lyons,
and here at
Sainte-Mere-Eglise!
We had them pinned down
earlier here at Varreville,
but they are breaking out
with reinforcements
constantly pouring ashore.
He still believes the
main attack will come
at Pais de Calais.
l'll drive to the front immediately,
take back a firsthand report.
Perhaps that will change his thinking.
Ha.
Don't get captured by the paratroopers.
Sergeant,
come over here.
Well, sergeant, where are you fighting?
Avranches.
Tell me about it.
General, l was at Verdun.
lt was nothing,
nothing compared to this.
The dive bombers,
the bombardment from the battleships,
l have never seen such slaughter.
General,
The war is lost.
Not quite, l hope.
However, l believe l've seen enough.
Back to the airfield
as fast as we can go.
You've been flitting about, haven't you?
l have been there Jodl
l've seen it with my own eyes.
Have you talked to the Fuhrer
about moving the 15th
army from Pais de Calais?
The opportunity hasn't arisen.
Maybe l'll get a chance to mention it
at the situation conference.
Mention it?
You must demand it.
We cannot contain the beachhead.
They've landed more than 100,000 troops,
thousands of tons of equipment.
Eisenhower is building up his forces
like an avalanche.
l am going to tell the Fuhrer
if it costs me my head.
l advise you to be very
careful of what you say.
Several counterattacks
were carried out
successfully in Normandy.
Panzer divisions
east of Rouen
were able to break through
the enemy bridgehead.
And they suffered heavy casualties.
And the British landing force
has been thrown back
in the Caen area
with massive losses.
And,
ls that all?
Eh, yes, Fuhrer,
from the dispatches.
Although l see General
Roon is back with us now
after his trip to the front.
Well,
so much for Normandy.
What's, Happening in the east?
During the past 24 hours,
a new offensive was
launched by the enemy
in the Carrion Straights.
Where?
The Carrion Straights, Fuhrer.
The railway station was badly hit.
Several cities
Severstre,
Uzi,
Kierko,
and Kanyanyerlvi
had to be abandoned.
All right,
one last time, gentlemen.
Marcel's group comes in
from the east quietly,
takes up positions north,
and south of the barracks,
and holds there.
Our group, the Trojan horse group,
makes its way to the kitchen.
ls the truck ready?
Yes, as you ordered.
Marcel, very important.
Once we're inside the German garrison,
no firing until we blow
the ammunition dumps.
ls that clear?
Ok, yeah.
Laffart, what's the latest count?
l was able to find 20 more men.
20?
That makes 86.
Enough to do the job.
Yeah.
Gentlemen
Let's go.
Chuck, Tommy.
Merde, Tommy.
Good luck to you, too.
Wait till the bloody gerries
get a taste of this
bordeaux, eh, Leslie?
Laffart, l ride up front with you.
Ok. Let's go.
No, no, no, no. Just go around it.
No room.
l said go around it!
Natalie's, it's true.
The Americans and British
are landing in France
in great numbers.
They're driving on Cherbourg.
The BBC,
Goldberg heard it on the
radio in the Dresden barracks.
What's the matter?
They told me to report
to SS headquarters
tomorrow morning at 8:00.
They told me at the mica factory
with Louis.
lt's probably a warning.
You are the only one of your group
that hasn't been transported, Natalie's.
Yes, it must be a warning.
But why bring Louis?
Well, you took him with you last time.
The adjutant probably remembers that.
That's all it is, l'm sure,
a serious warning.
Have you heard from Berel?
They say it may take
more than a week to reach him.
Everything is going to be all right.
But this is most important.
You must be humble and contrite
and promise you'll
cooperate for the future
in every way.
And keep your spirits up, my dear.
That's crucial.
Da!
You're the dirty Jewish whore
who's been plotting against
the German government ja?
Mommy!
Well, are you or aren't you?
Take the dirty little bastard
away from her.
Mommy, mommy.
Mommy!
l was insane, misled.
l will cooperate,
just please don't hurt my baby.
Don't hurt your baby,
you stupid little bitch.
Don't you realize that?
That's for the garbage he will be in
in just one minute,
and you'll clean it up yourself.
No, you don't.
No!
So you thought you
could get away with it?
Oh, your filthy Jewish
plotting and scheming.
He is dead!
Go on, Haindl,
tear him apart!
Aah! No!
Tear him!
No, stop him!
l'll do anything, don't kill him!
Rip him in half!
So,
you will do anything?
Are you? Well, we'll see if you will.
Mommy!
Mommy!
Well?
Mommy.
Yes
Yes, all right,
lwill.
Mommy.
Look, she really wants it,
Herr Kommandant.
Oh, these Jewess are all the same.
Go ahead. Let her have her fun.
Get away from me.
Mommy!
You think l'd let
a dirty Jew come near me?
Save it for your uncle
the Talmud Rabbi.
Aah!
Get up on your feet!
Now
listen to me,
Jew sow.
When the Red Cross arrives,
you will be the guide
in the children's department,
and you'll make a very
fine impression on them.
They will write you up in their reports,
and you'll be a very
happy American Jewess.
And the children's pavilion
will be your pride and joy.
Of course.
Of course.
But when the Red Cross have gone,
if you have misbehaved in any way,
you'll be brought back
here with your brat,
and Haindl will rip him
in 2 before your eyes.
You'll clean it up
and take him to the crematorium.
Then, after that,
you'll be taken to a P.O.W Hut
for the road gang.
200 stinking Ukrainians
will have you one after
another for a week,
and if your whore carcass
can survive all of this,
you will be taken to the little fortress
and shot.
You understand?
l will do everything you say.
l will make a wonderful impression.
And if you say a word of this
to your uncle or to anybody else
about any of this,
you will be shot.
Kaput.
Do you believe me?
l do, l do, l do.
Get her out of here.
Come on, out.
We're all right.
lt was just a warning.
l must change my clothes and go to work.
l wanted to tell you.
Word has come from Berel.
They're going to try.